Chapter 148
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My things were brought over the very next day. My grandmother didn’t let me pick them up. As far as I know, there’s nothing missing. I really don’t know how to stand up for myself, because everything in my body is screaming for me to go find her and make things right.
I want to apologize, but then she’d do it all over again. Maybe I should just give her time to cool off. I don’t know how much time, but I think it would be acceptable for me to stay away until my stomach doesn’t knot just thinking about going over there to talk this out.
In the meantime, I still have homework to do. Once again, I promised Ragnar I would be staying put, and I have kept that promise so far. I’ve gotten a lot of unpacking done. Since I didn’t have to build anything and my things were well organized, all I had to do was assign everything to a new place.
My things don’t fill the spare room slash nursery at all. I was used to the walls being covered by the bookshelves. What I have barely fills up a corner. Even the rest of my boxes don’t fill the space. It just kind of looks like I’m cleaning out the back of my new giant walk–in closet. I laugh and sit at my desk.
This is the first time I have sat at my computer to do actual homework since starting the second half of my term. I’ve been on the move since we got back. It doesn’t feel like a couple of months. I put my headphones on because I don’t want the music echoing off the high ceilings. I just want to focus on what’s in front of me.
It’s amazing how it feels like I turn everything off to study. Where most find that the work can get a little overwhelming, I’m starting to feel like this is what I need to wind down. It’s like hitting play on an episode I paused because I had to go to the bathroom and couldn’t bear to lose a second of it.
After a while, I take a deep breath, feeling a whole lot better than when I started. Just as I reach to close my notebook, the door swings open and Ragnar rushes in. His eyes are bright red, and he looks furious. Before I can even react, he’s on me, ripping the headset off.
“Hey, what’s going on?” I demand as he pulls me out of the chair and begins to inspect me as if he expects me to be hurt.
“You’re okay,” he says, cupping my face. “You’ve been here the whole time?”
“Yes, are you okay? What’s going on?” I ask, placing my hands on his wrists.
He searches my eyes to see if I’m lying before he pulls me in and picks me up. His arms are tight around me as we go back to the bedroom. He sits on the bed, taking deep breaths of my scent. I try to calm myself, knowing that whatever it is scared the hell out of him. His pupils are huge.
‘Ragnar?” I hear his father’s voice boom outside the room. He rushes in here looking as terrified as Ragnar had been moments ago. “Sophia.”
“What’s going on?” I ask. He puts up a finger as he leans against the door frame to catch his breath.
“Sophiet 1 try to pull our of Ragnar’s embrace when I hear Ivar is just as frantic. The moment his eyes land on me, he breathes out in relief and runs over to us. He wraps his arms around us both “Oh, fuck” he breathes out as if he had been running for his life. Once he’s calm, he straightens up to look down at my neck. “It was staged”
“What was staged? What’s going on?” I ask Ragnar pulls away enough for him to be able to look at me properly.
“A video is going viral. I called you I messaged you. What the fuck?‘ he growls
“I needed to catch up on some classwork, and I have a few school projects coming up. My phone’s on the charger. I point fo it. Ivar walks over to get it for me. I take it and immediately see there are dozens of messages. Not just from him, but frum
the others as well.
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Chapter 148
“Sophia!”
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Ragnar finally releases me when he hears my grandmother’s panicked voice. She runs into the room as soon as she sees me standing here, and she lets out a growl that scares the hell out of me before she’s on me.
Hey, I try to calm her.
I’m so sorry,” she starts to cry, wrapping me up in her arms. “I should have been on your side. I didn’t mean any of it. None of that matters. I’m sorry.”
What the hell is going on?” I demand.
Are you okay? Are you hurt? How are you here?” she asks all in one breath.
I’ve been here all day. Unpacking and doing homework,” I finally have room to look down at my phone. A new notification
ops up from Kennedy.
Please, tell me this is fake.-
hit play on the video she attached to see the Lycan King holding up a girl by her throat while he stands in one of the ighest balconies at court. It looks like they’re arguing, and then suddenly he tosses her over the edge. It’s only then that I ee what Ivar looked at me the way he did. There’s a noose around her neck. I flinch at the sound her neck makes when the ope goes taut.
What the fuck?” is all I can say because the girl in the video looks exactly like me.
managed to send Ken a message back, reassuring her that it’s fake and that I would call her back as soon as it settles down here. I look over at Ragnar to see the fear in his eyes, looking back. I go over to hug him because I can’t imagine what he felt eeing that.
It’s not ai, Ivar says, sitting beside us.
He’s doing that shit on purpose to rattle you,” the King growls. “Mother fucker.”
That was a low blow,” I admit. “Worse than the bomb, I think.”
Yeah, Ragnar wraps his arms around my thighs. “That was a threat,” he stands, but he doesn’t let go of me. He looks up at ais father and lets out a heavy sigh. “I hate to ask, but this is different.”
I know, he nods. “With Sophia here, we won’t have a security problem. I will stay here with her today. We are to be in pairs Always until this is over. Ivar, you head back to the city. Make sure you’re with your team at all times.”
No way. You can’t just send Ivar into the city alone. You just said we have to stay in pairs,” I look over at Ivar, who smiles back
at me.
I will be going with him my grandmother says.
“That leaves you wide open. I say, looking back at Ragnar. I shake my head. “If we’re doing this, I want to be with you a Limes. Even if I have to do my homework under your podium. You saw that video”
“Soph-”
“Are you serious right now?” I growl. He presses his lips together and sighs.
“All right. Get your things together. We leave for the Capitol in twenty, Let me go inform your guards?”
“If you leave without me, I will hurt you, I glare at him.
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“I promise,” he smirks. “Don’t forget your chargers. We’re going to be out late.”
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
